About 70% of all human proteins include at least one sequence consisting of a single amino acid repeated many times, with a few other amino acids sprinkled in. These "low-complexity regions" are also found in most other organisms.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2022
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The scientific method is rigorous. Claims and premises are supported with evidence. The peer review system is designed to ensure that research is scrutinized by experts before publication. And whenever researchers lack certainty, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2022
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A recent study looked at four sanitizers that claim to be effective at inactivating human norovirus—and found that three of them had very little effect on the pathogen. The finding could inform efforts to reduce the risk ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2022
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More frequent extreme climate events have become a major global challenge. To mitigate the human and economic costs of these events, climatologists consistently create future climate predictions. These projections help policy ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2022
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An international research team including astronomers at the University of Birmingham, has just announced the discovery of two "super-Earth" planets orbiting LP 890-9, a small, cool star located about 100 light-years from ...
Astronomy
Sep 7, 2022
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Astronomers from the University of Exeter have led the effort to capture the first-ever direct image of an exoplanet using the pioneering James Webb Space Telescope.
Astronomy
Sep 1, 2022
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A team that includes Rutgers scientists has designed a synthetic protein that quickly detects molecules of a deadly nerve agent that has been classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction and could be used ...
Biochemistry
Sep 1, 2022
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The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. This may have led to incorrect results and misconceptions about ethnicity and genetic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 30, 2022
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Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a simple, rapid method to simultaneously identify multiple food poisoning bacteria, based on color differences in the scattered light by nanometer-scaled organic metal ...
Biochemistry
Aug 29, 2022
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CEST researchers developed a new machine learning approach based on a low-energy latent space (LOLS) and density functional theory (DFT) to search for molecular conformers.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 25, 2022
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